2 Colombians Indicted On Drug Charges

August 9, 1987

A federal grand jury in Orlando last week indicted two Colombians on charges of conspiring to possess and distribute about 23 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $1 million.

Avelino Devia Galvis, 40, and Ernesto Roa, 43, both of Bogota, Colombia, have been in federal custody since their arrest July 22 in Cocoa Beach. Galvis, a self-employed economist, and Roa, an emerald dealer, were taken into custody as they tried to hide the bags of cocaine in the door panels and under the rear seat of a rented Lincoln, court records show.